Commando 43-47114
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47114
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 185
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK162
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1944 to March 1945
43-47114 - USAAF (USA)
27 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
26 January 1945
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1333rd AAF Base Unit, Chabua, Assam, India.
Christened "Stork".
19 March 1945
Destroyed 25 km west of Yunlong, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out following an engine failure. [MACR 13172]
Pilot: Stanley W. Zancho (survived)
17 March 1945
Condemned for salvage, washout. [dates discrepancy]
Last edited: 31/03/2021